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Ratchet Funeral Director Learns His Fate after Fatal Gunshot at Burial Service

A family was preparing to lower the casket of their 10-year-old into the ground when the solemn ceremony was interrupted by shots fired. What was shocking was not only the incident itself but the reve...

How This California Car Detailer Learned He Had a Surprise Job For Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

Imagine one day you’re working your job as a car detailer. You’re then tasked with working on a Grand National Buick, not knowing that it’s for one of the biggest rappers in the world. Read more…...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett Explains Exactly Why Elon Musk’s DOGE is ‘Ridiculous’ From Top to Bottom

If you’re worried about Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) seemingly increasing power to dismantle the structure of the Federal government and access your personal informat...

The Sad, Unexpected Cause of Journalist Chauncy Glover’s Death Revealed

Last November, award-winning journalist Chauncy Glover was found unresponsive in his Los Angeles home. He was pronounced dead shortly after by fire department personnel. A deputy medical examiner cond...

This TMI Meagan Good Revelation About Jonathan Majors Has Social Media Cringing

It’s no surprise whenever Jonathan Majors and his boo thang Meagan Good make headlines, but this latest reason has folks on the internet giving them a major side eye. And now we know why. Read more...

Black Nevada Cafeteria Worker Silenced Because White School Employees Didn’t Like Her ‘Black Voice,’ But She Got the Last Laugh

Add “having vocal cords that work” in the list of things one can’t do while Black. The latest example stems from a cafeteria worker in Nevada who filed a lawsuit because a few white teachers complaine...

Lavar Ball Just Suffered This Shocking, and Sad, Medical Procedure, But Why…?

Lavar Ball, the outspoken father of the Ball brothers (Lonzo, LiAngelo, and LaMelo Ball) recently underwent a procedure that will change his way of life. Although we still don’t know the reason why. R...

This White Woman Is Suing After Giving Birth To a Black Baby, But Hold On! It’s Not What You Think!

A major mixup at a Georgia fertility clinic forced one woman to make the heartbreaking decision to give up a baby she carried to term and raised for months. Now, as she tries to move on from her pain,...